One Way of Providing Some Control in Ex Post Facto

question 33

Multiple Choice

One way of providing some control in ex post facto research is

• A) to use analysis of covariance.
• B) to do a pilot study before carrying out the main research.
• C) to match the subjects of the groups to be compared on as many extraneous variables as possible.
• D) a and b
• E) a and c

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